Fire appliance for preventing obstruction of railway tracks



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` H. F. LINDEROTH FIRE APPLIANCE FOR PREVENT-ING DESTRUCTION OF RAILWAY TRACKS A Original Filed Dec.` 26. 1919 l AQQAM dit Fatented Apr.. i5, i324.

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einer reine@ HENRY F. LIEDER-TH, OF CHXCAG'O, IELLINOIS.

ELRE APPLIANGE FOR, PREVENTING- OBSTRUGTION 0F RMLWAY TRACKS.

Application tiled December at, H9, Serial No. 47,441. Renewed. September 12, 1922. Serial No. 587,849.

To all whom t 'may concer/n: f

' Be it known that l, HENRY LINDEROTH, a citizen ofthe .United States, residing at IChicago, in the county ot @ook and State y ont lilinoisfhave invented a certain new andY useful improvement in Fire Appliances for .Preventing Ubstrnction ot Raiiway rracks, of which the oliowing is a speciiication.

This invention relates to lire appliances :tor preventing obstruction oi railway tracks, and has :tor its object to provide a new and improved device ot this description. in cities when iires occur on or near streets having street cars, it is necessaryA under the conditions usually existing to run the fire 'hose across these tracks and this stops the running ot the street cars and also stops the other trailic on this street. Thisk is a serious inconvenience to the street car company and to the city and isalso expensive, for it stops for the time being the income ot the street car line and yet the pay oi' street car employees must continue. This may happen at the very rush ,hours of the day, in'Awhich event the loss to the company yand the inconvenience to the city and the general public is very great. 1

My invention has aniong otherV objects to provide means for preventing these evils. `Referring now to theaccompanying drawings, i A

Fig. l is a plan view showing one form ot device embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 2--2 oi lFig.v l;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional View showing a inodied construction;

li ig. d is va sectional view taken on line Lie-d of lj ig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a plan View oi the device shown in Fig. d. p

Like numerals reifer to like parts through out the several gures.

.in carrying out my invention' l provide means for conducting the water from the dre engine, under the track. In Figs. l and 2 l have shown one form of' construction ior this purpose. ln this construction l provide one or more pipes or conduits l, l", lb, lc etc., which extend'under the tracks 2. rlhese conduits are preferably permanently placed in position either when the track is made or afterwards. These conduits may be iron pipes and are arranged under the track so asto cross under the saine, their ends beingbent upwardly as illustrated so that the hose may be connected therewith. It the pipes are placed in position after the track has been laid, a trench or excavation is made under the track and the pipe or pipes laid therein. In this event l may dividethe pipes into two or more sections, the sections being coupled together by suitable couplings 3.v By this construe' tion the amount oi excavating may be reduced, and l may easily put the sections in place and connect them together. It the device is put in position at the time the track is laid, each pipe may be of one'piece it desired. The ends 0i' the pipes in this construction are left open and are provided with suitable means, such as threads i Jfor connecting the fire hose thereto. When a tire occurs the fire engine 5 may be moved into proximity tothe hydrant or water out let 6 and connected' therewith by the pipe 7 and then a short piece oi hose 8 may run from the lire engine to one of the conduits l. The long iire hose may then be connected to the other end of the conduit and the hose unwound so as to be used at any distant point desired. It will thus be seen that these connections can be made without any obstruction or delay whatever to the traiiic, that the cars can continually run over the tracks and that the vehicle tralic can also run over the tracks at 'all tunes.

This construction also enables the tire department to use small sections ot'hose for connecting the engines to the conduits. These small sections of hose, for example, may be made by cutting up into proper lengths the long hose which has been injured so that itcannot be used for long stretches. This secures a large saving to the tire department.

ln Fig. 3 l have shown a construction where one conduit or pipe l() is shown eX- tending under the tracks. The ends of this conduit or pipe are open and are provided with the casing-S l1, one at each end. These casings are preferably divided into two sections by the wall l2. The conduit l0 connects with the lower section of each casing, the walls provided with a series of openings having threaded nipples 13 to which the hose 9 may be connected. lt will thus be seen that any desired number of these nipples may loe used so that any desired number of lines ci hose can be used with the conduit i0. These nipples are provided with threaded caps la, and when it is desired to conneet the hose thereto, the threaded cap is removed. rlfhese threaded caps prevent the water from passing through any of the nipples not connected with the hose. I prefer to provide a cover l5 for each casing7 the cover being flush with the street surface.

When it is desired to connectY up the engine and the long lire hose, it is only necessary to open or remove the cover and then attach the hose.

I claim:n

l. A fire appliance for preventing the obstruction of railway tracks comprising a rigid pipe separate from the water system and from said railway track, said pipe made up in sections and adapted to be placed under the railway track after the track is in position by excavating thereunder, the end sections of said pipe being ybent upwardly so as to be in proximity to the rails of the track, boxes connected with the ends of said pipe and having their tops substantially flush with thek surface of the street, said `boxes provided with a wall intermediate their top and bottom, the pipes being connected to the boxes below the wall, said walls lhaving openings therethrough, and means associated with said openings for con necting a hose thereto and covers for covering said boxes when the hose is not being used.

2. A fire appliance for preventing the obstruction of railway tracks comprising a movable klire engine, means for connecting said ire engine with a source of water supply, a plurality of fixed conduits separate from the water system and the track extending under the railway track, said conduits made in separated sections and removably connected together, the ends thereofbeing bent upwardly so as to be near the surface of the street, boxes into which the ends of said conduits project, said boxes provided with covers and the tops of said boxes being substantially flush with the surface of the street and in proximity to the rails fof said track, means for connecting'one end of one or more of said conduits to the movable lire engine after said engine has been brought in proximity thereto, means for connecting the fire hose to the other end of said conduit or conduits, and means for connecting said fire engine with a source of water supply, whereby the water can be forced under the f track through said fire hose without interfering with the traflic on the railway.

3. A fire appliance for preventing the obstruction ofk railway tracks comprising a rigid pipe permanently fixed in position under the. track, said pipe separate from t-he water system and the track and in separable sections so that it may be placed in position by forming an excavation under the track after said track is in place, means at one end of said rigid pipe for attaching thereto a insonni der the track and through said long hose without interfering railway.

t. A fire appliance for preventing the obwith the traic on the struction of railway tracks comprising a rigid pipe permanently fixed in position under the track, said pipe separate from the Water system and the track and in separable sectionsV so that it may be placedv in position by forming an excavation under the track after said track is in place and havingr its ends bent upwardly so as to be near the surface of the street, boxes into which the ends of said pipes project, said pipe separate from the water system and the track, the tops of said boxes being substantially flush with the surface of the street and inv proximity to the track, means at one end of said rigid pipe for attaching thereto a short piece of hose connected with the fire engine, and means at the other end of said rigid pipe for attaching thereto the long hose having the nozzle through which the water is discharged, whereby water can be forced under the track and through said long hose without interfering with the traiiic on the railway.

5. A fire appliance for preventing the obstruction of railway tracks comprising a rigid pipe permanently fixed in position under the track, said pipe separate from the water system and the track and in separable sections so. that it may be placed in position by forming an excavation under the track after said track is in place and havingfits ends bent upwardly so as to be near thesurface of the street, boxes into which the ends of said pipes project, said pipe separate from the water system and the track, the tops of said boxes being substantially flush with the surface of the street and in proximity to the track, means at one end of said rigid pipe for attaching thereto a short piece of hose connected with the fire engine, and means at the other end of said rigid pipe for attaching thereto the long hose having the nozzle through which the water is discharged, whereby water can be forced under the track and through said long hose without interfering with the traific on the railway, the upwardly turned ends of said pipes being normally open, casings surrounding said ends, and covers for said casings.

6. A lire appliance for preventing the obstruction of railway tracks comprising a rigid pipe extending under the tracks and having portions thereof extending upwardly to the surface of the street in proximity to said track, said pipe separate from the water system and disconnected from the track and made up in separable sections removably connected together whereby it may be placed under the track when the track is in position by simply excavating a place therefor under said track, and means for connecting said portions with a fire hose and a fire engine and boxes with which the end portions of said pipes are connected, the

connection between the fire hose and the pipes being inside of said boxes, and a removable cover or each of said boxes sub stantially Hush with the surface of the street.

In testimony whereof, l ax my signature this 6th day of December, 1919.'

HENRY F. LINDEROTH. 

